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re: Movies that completely disregard the book.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 7:40 pm to rebelrouser
Posted on 3/12/26 at 7:40 pm to rebelrouser
Dark Tower was bad. The liberal clowns on here will argue about it but it is actually impossible for Roland to be black. One major theme is Roland's relationship with Susannah / Detta. That cant work unless Roland is white.
The writers weren't comfortable with the character so they removed her even though one of the books is fracking named after her.
they also changed everything else to make up for the huge chunks they removed with Detta.
The writers weren't comfortable with the character so they removed her even though one of the books is fracking named after her.
they also changed everything else to make up for the huge chunks they removed with Detta.
This post was edited on 3/12/26 at 7:42 pm
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Posted on 3/12/26 at 7:44 pm to Hetfield
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The Firm. Completely changed the ending. An abomination.
I agree and disagree. The first 2 thirds are right out of the book but I guess budget or pacing, they just cut out the last third of the book. I do remember being pissed about it but still liking the movie. 30 years ago so I don't even remember what the final third was about.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 7:45 pm to travelgamer
Starship Troopers
Love the movie but has almost nothing to do with the book
Love the movie but has almost nothing to do with the book
Posted on 3/12/26 at 7:48 pm to StansberryRules
quote:The movie is basically a satire of the book.
Starship Troopers
And I love them both.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 7:57 pm to Jor Jor The Dinosaur
Troopers really pissed off one of the old engineers at my office. He looked like an old engineer from the Farside Gallery. He hated the movie.
I love the movie and when people say it is their guilty pleasure that actually pisses me off. Nothing to be guilty about. It is a fun exciting movie and hell the effects even hold up today.
I love the movie and when people say it is their guilty pleasure that actually pisses me off. Nothing to be guilty about. It is a fun exciting movie and hell the effects even hold up today.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 7:58 pm to StansberryRules
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Starship Troopers
Came to post this
Nice titties in the movie though
Posted on 3/12/26 at 8:13 pm to travelgamer
Jaws.
Cut out the Mrs. Brody / Hooper affair, cut out the mafia running the mayor, revamped every single character from unlikable scumbags to likable characters. Focused solely on the shark.
Jaws is my favorite movie of all time so when I was 14 I read the book. And I had to read Brody’s dick being described like a watermelon
Cut out the Mrs. Brody / Hooper affair, cut out the mafia running the mayor, revamped every single character from unlikable scumbags to likable characters. Focused solely on the shark.
Jaws is my favorite movie of all time so when I was 14 I read the book. And I had to read Brody’s dick being described like a watermelon
Posted on 3/12/26 at 8:28 pm to travelgamer
Gods and Generals
Went from a 10,000 foot view of the first 2 years of the war to a full on biopic of Jackson.
IIRC in the book 1st Manassas is broached only by Lee and Davis getting reports of the battle while they are in Richmond.
Went from a 10,000 foot view of the first 2 years of the war to a full on biopic of Jackson.
IIRC in the book 1st Manassas is broached only by Lee and Davis getting reports of the battle while they are in Richmond.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 8:29 pm to travelgamer
While it may not completely disregard the book, The Shining film is considerably different from Stephen King’s vision of that story.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 8:36 pm to dawgdayafternoon
I went to The Stanley (Overlook) and the hedge maze is about waist high, it was filmed in a side part of the hotel not t5he main part, and the guides really push the haunted aspect.
There were three axes used, Scatman, the door, and the maze.
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One of the fake axes used in Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror classic “The Shining” has been donated to Estes Park’s Stanley Hotel for its new movie-memorabilia museum and film center.
The prop ax sold for $175,000 at auction earlier this week, according to published reports. It was then anonymously donated for display in the Stanley Film Center, a sprawling film and music entertainment complex that’s been in development for years on the Stanley’s property.
There were three axes used, Scatman, the door, and the maze.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:06 pm to travelgamer
The Lost World: JP2
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:12 pm to travelgamer
Props to the movie IT for not including the kiddie gay masturbation scene and the kiddie orgy.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:13 pm to ATrillionaire
King is a strange dude, there is some form of sexual deviance in most of his books.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:13 pm to travelgamer
The worst novel adaptation ever: The Bonfire of The Vanities (1990)
The book is a satire of political correstness/woke:
The film also has the priceless moment when Melanie Griffith is in a car going through Harlem and says: "Ah'm from the South, and Ah'm beginnin' tuh not lahk thess!"
The book is a satire of political correstness/woke:
quote:But...
The producers balked at meeting his price and signed Alan Arkin instead for a modest $150,000. Arkin was then replaced by Morgan Freeman when the studio decided to change the judge's ethnicity from Jewish to African American in order to respond to criticism of the film's racial politics. The character's name was changed to Leonard White and dialogue was added to have Judge White denounce the manipulative actions of the main characters. De Palma said he "didn't want to racially polarize" the film by having "a white judge talking morality to a basically black audience."
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Arkin refused to waive his payment after being recast.
The film also has the priceless moment when Melanie Griffith is in a car going through Harlem and says: "Ah'm from the South, and Ah'm beginnin' tuh not lahk thess!"
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:17 pm to travelgamer
On the opposite side of the spectrum, I remember watching “The Outsiders” for the first time after reading the book back in the day and being perplexed how similar it was.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:26 pm to Ryan3232
quote:Aside from the father/son plot, the 1976 Midway plays like a very faithful adaptation of Walter Lord's book on the battle. Even though Lord is not credited on the film, nor anywhere else I know of.
On the opposite side of the spectrum, I remember watching “The Outsiders” for the first time after reading the book back in the day and being perplexed how similar it wa
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:32 pm to rebelrouser
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The winner has to be The Dark Tower and I haven't even seen it.
I can't even call that an adaptation, just a story inspired by the Dark Tower characters.
Kind of like any Philip K Dick adaptation - they're "inspired by" but go further or away from the original short stories.
ETA: though I liked most of the PKD adaptations.
This post was edited on 3/12/26 at 9:33 pm
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:35 pm to PowerTool
Hostage with Bruce Willis. Book was pretty good, movie was completely different.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 11:30 pm to TigerMyth36
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All involved with Wheel should be thrown off the roof of a tall building.
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